Orchestra

When I first started watching the performance, I noticed that the performers were not dressed like normal musicians that I have watched before. They were wearing boots with spikes, sun glasses, and some even had colored streaks in their hair. They are performing very fast paced classical music. The Main musician in this performance is Nigel Kennedy. Nigel is a British Violinist, who is known for being on the the best violinist in the world. He also does not look like the normal classical violin…

Performing at Sergustrom Hall with the Honors Chambers Strings Orchestra was one of the most exciting moments in my life. I was four when I started to play violin, and I used the “Suzuki” book series to improve my violin skill. Each book had a new level of difficulty. I averaged on finishing one book per year, though as the years went by, the books took me longer and longer to finish. After finishing book five, I went onto my book six mark for a total of seven years of playing violin. In third…

When a person listens to the performance of an orchestra, they are not just hearing the richness of the cello, the frantic trills of the flute, or the low rumbles of the tuba, they are listening to a culture. Each player has the same beginning, a new sheet of music. Ultimately, it is up to the individual how they perceive and produce a score. They can copy how another player articulates a certain measure or how they slur a string of notes because there is no one way of playing. When each…

the prometheus symphony orchestra’s 51st seasonal concert. Which was directed and conducted by Eric Hansen. As Eric Hansen mentioned in his introduction speech, The Prometheus Symphony Orchestra is a community-based all volunteer orchestra which is devoted to bring beautiful symphonies to the community. This orchestra is currently associated with Merritt College in Oakland. This is their 51st season of offering concert to Oakland Community. The performance took place at the Saint Paul's…

I attended a classical concert that was performed by OCU’s Symphony Orchestra. Out of all the concerts I had to attend for this class this one was my favorite. Classical music is very creative and gives people the chance to listen to it and interpret it according to the emotions pouring out of the music. There is something so calming about listening to classical music. For most classical pieces, that is. The OCU symphony played the fourth movement of Ginastera's Piano Concerto No. 1, and I…

The streaks of bright light outlined all of the grinning faces of the Vernon Hills High School Symphony Orchestra. The immense collaboration of endless hours of rehearing Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 for the Midwest audition piece to burning through Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini at Midwest. I can say that orchestra is part of who I am. Without orchestra, I would not have been able to encounter some of the amazing musicians that I have come to known. The fine arts is more than just a hobby or an…

The event that I decided to go was BYU Baroque Ensemble, a production made by BYU students, taking place at Madsen Recital Hall Harris Fine Arts Center on November 3. The idea of making a baroque orchestra is where musician get together to make a perfect composition of music, the baroque orchestra is made up mostly of stringed instruments, when you listen you feel something different that makes you see it from another perspective, you just can’t stop listening and focus on every note that the…

November 18, 2016, at 8 PM, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra presented Beyond the Score: Dvorak Symphony No. 9: Whose World? inside the beautiful Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego. Instrumentation included one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, triangle, symbols, violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. Originally a production of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the first half of the performance was intended to…

The concert that I attended was the Redlands Community Orchestra at Redlands High School Clock Auditorium. The orchestra consisted of three pieces which were Fanfare to the Common Man by Aaron Copland, Les Preludes by Franz Liszt, and Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven. These pieces are capturing pieces of art and history that surpass time and yet are still know in this modern era. The composers were well known artist that created a kind of movement in music history and…

Olympian Enterprise’ written by Richard Morrison was published in the ‘Australian’ newspaper in July of 2012. Outlining the significance of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, whilst reporting on the remarkable work of Daniel Barenboim. Morrison quotes Barenboim directly and writes the article from a view that undoubtedly supports the orchestra, leaving the reader wanting to discover more. It outlines Barenboim is leading a very busy life and he himself acknowledges that he is getting older but…